Tricholomopsis decora

Tricholomopsis decora, commonly known as Prunes and Custard[1], is a species of gilled mushroom in the genus Tricholomopsis. It occurs in North America and in Britain, and it grows in conifer forests.[2]

Tricholomopsis decora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Tricholomopsis
Species:
T. decora
Binomial name
Tricholomopsis decora
(Fr.) Singer 1939
Synonyms
  • Agaricus decorus Fr.1821
  • Clitocybe decora (Fr.) Gillet, 1874
  • Cortinellus decorus (Fr.) P. Karst., 1879
  • Tricholoma decorum (Fr.) Quél., 1883
  • Gyrophila decora (Fr.) Quél., 1886
  • Pleurotus decorus (Fr.) Sacc., 1887
  • Dendrosarcus decorus (Fr.) Kuntze, 1898
  • Tricholoma rutilans var. decorum (Fr.) Maire, 1916
Tricholomopsis decora
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex or depressed
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: unknown
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References
  1. Phillips R (2013). Mushrooms. Macmillan. ASIN B00F0KT89O.
  2. "Tricholomopsis decora in Mycobank".


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